According to a report by Politico, the state-owned telco, China Mobile has proposed a digital ID for all metaverse and online virtual world users that work with “natural characteristics” and “social …
Monthly Archives For August 2023
China’s Homegrown Crisis
With China’s economy stumbling, its leaders must choose among staying the course, changing course, or changing the conversation by turning to nationalism and external aggression. The West should …
FirstFT: China growth hopes fade after ‘policy disappointment’
Also in today’s newsletter, Arm chip designer files for US IPO, and Jio Financial Services’ weak Indian market debut …
Biden’s China Policy: Less Than Meets the Eye
The White House executive order on export controls is mostly window dressing—and there is already pressure to water it down.
Spreading State Restrictions on China Show Depths of Distrust in the U.S.
Businesses fear that efforts to look tough on Beijing, which have the potential to be more expansive than moves by the federal government, could have unintended consequences.
China’s ‘Debt Crisis’ Gets Washington Hearing After Evergrande Bust
Congress created the Commission 23 years ago to monitor and investigate the national and economic security implications of doing business with China.
What to Know About China’s Real Estate Crisis
China’s economy was long dependent on a booming real estate sector, which has recently fallen on harder times.
China puts onus on computing power as US tech war shows no sign of abating
With global competition for data and computing power intensifying, China will build more data and computing hubs while committing to technological breakthroughs China has the world’s second-largest …
China keeps buying hobbled Nvidia cards to train its AI models
Industry analysts believe that Chinese companies may soon face limitations in the speed of interconnections between the 800-series chips. This could hinder their ability to deal with the increasing …
China launches first-ever geosynchronous orbit SAR satellite
Synthetic aperture radar satellites can image Earth during the day and night, even through adverse weather conditions.
China’s economic troubles are a result of the post-2008 ‘debt supercycle’ finally coming back to bite it, Harvard economist says
China’s economic troubles are the result of a major debt bubble that first began in 2008, according to top economist Kenneth Rogoff.
China cuts lending rates again as it works to curb economic slowdown
China has slashed a benchmark interest rate in response to mounting economic woes in yet another sign that Beijing is concerned about its country’s trajectory.
Booming Trade With China Helps Boost Russia’s War Effort
Chinese exports to its neighbor have risen sharply, as Beijing sends everything from microchips to trench-digging excavators.
